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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 217-290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" what percentage of the world population is Jewish?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 4 percent.
(c) 2.3 percent.
(d) Less than one percent.

2. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?
(a) As sacred.
(b) As impossible.
(c) As tainted.
(d) As a mixture of guesswork and labwork.

3. Besides pure logical thinking what else is required to attain knowledge of the empirical world?
(a) Experiments.
(b) Experience.
(c) The right equipment to prove theories.
(d) Faith.

4. How does Einstein characterize the newly-formed State of Israel?
(a) As just another government that falsely assumes safety is to be found in military might.
(b) That it conforms as closely as possible with the ethical ideals of peace, understanding, and self-restraint.
(c) As infantile in its political acumen.
(d) As wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove.

5. What do friends and foes alike say the Jews represent?
(a) The ideal to which other peoples should strive.
(b) A race whose behaviors are hereditary.
(c) A group of people united by beliefs rather than genetics.
(d) A step forward in human evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should Judaism not be called a religion?

2. What do Faraday/Maxwell show exist in "free space"?

3. When does Einstein get in touch with his Jewish heritage?

4. What happens if there are no general laws?

5. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?

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